Samuel Luka, Bauchi The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has said that the Federal Government of Nigeria has lost the idea of how to grow the country’s economy. Bala made the observation Thursday while Fielding questions from journalists at the Government House on what should be done to grow the economy of the country in […]
Samuel Luka, Bauchi Bauchi state Governor, Bala Mohammed said on Monday that the rising population of people occasioned by the influx of internally Displaced Persons from neighbouring states is overstretching government services and infrastructure in the state. The Governor while speaking at the government house when he received members of the National Institute for Security […]
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, says herdsmen like other Nigerians don’t need the permission of any governor to reside anywhere in the country. Daily Times gathered that Mohammed said this on Friday on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme, noting that citizens don’t need the permission of his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu, to live in […]
By Samuel Luka, Bauchi Following widespread criticisms over his comments on herders issues, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has said that the primary objective of his statement was to avert the dangerous prospect of nation-wide backlash. A statement issued to journalists Sunday evening by Bala’s media aide, Alhaji Mukhtar Gidado, expressed dismay that the […]
The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said he regretted granting pardon to a convicted serial rapist during the COVID-19 lockdown. READ ALSO: PDP will ensure fairness in its Edo primaries – Bala… Recall that a rapist with name, Yusuf Bako,was arrested for defiling a four-year-old girl inside a mosque in Bauchi. Daily Times Nigeria […]
A Special Assistant on unmarried women has been appointed by the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed. This was disclosed in a letter of appointment signed by the Secretary to the Bauchi State Government, Sabiu Baba, and issued to the appointee, Balaraba Ibrahim, on Tuesday. READ ALSO: Bauchi lawmaker raises alarm over emergence of Sara-Suka thugs […]
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has described the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress, as a “pandemic” in politics. Daily Times gathered that he also accused Dogara of contract inflation in the project he was executing in his constituency. He said these when hundreds […]
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State on Friday suspended the First Class Emir of Misau, Alhaji Ahmed Suleiman, the District Head of Chiroma Village, Bapa Ahmed , and the Village Head of Zadawa, Yusuf Atiku, over a land crisis between farmers and Fulani herders in the area. Nine lives were lost and many persons injured […]
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has canvassed the criminalization of rape and other forms of violence against women in Nigeria. Receiving officials of the state chapter of the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), he stressed the importance of women in nation building and proper upbringing of children. Bala, who expressed concern over the […]
Bauchi state Governor, Bala Mohammed has ordered all political appointees in the state to go back to the farm in line with his administration’s revolution in the agricultural sector. Gov. Bala gave the directive on Saturday, while flagging -off the sale of fertilizer for the 2020 farming season at the premises of the Bauchi state […]
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state on Wednesday signed into law, a bill to harmonize, integrate and consolidate all revenues collectible by ministries, departments, agencies, local governments and other connected purposes in the state. Bala while singing the bill into law at the Banquet Hall, Government House, Bauchi, pledged full implementation by ensuring that tax […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has seized a multi-million naira property belonging to the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed. In a statement by its spokesperson, Mrs. Rasheedat A, Okoduwa, the ICPC said the governor cannot be prosecuted yet because he enjoys immunity by virtue of Section 308 of the 1999 […]
Four Fulani communities of Kangere District and Tirwun in Bauchi Local Government Area of Bauchi state have pleaded with Governor Bala Mohammed to urgently, intervene and save them from losing their ancestral lands to the local government council. Mohammed Sani, who spoke on behalf of the affected people of Gilliri, Runde Bin, Natsira and Bagale […]
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has vowed to recover funds paid for projects not executed by the previous administration in the state. The governor stated this at the weekend in a chat with journalists at the Command Guest House, Bauchi, to mark his one year anniversary in office. “Previous projects that were awarded by […]
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has threatened to excommunicate the state correspondent of Daily Trust for asking questions considered embarrassing to him during a media chat organized to mark his first year anniversary in office. Governor Bala had in a joyful mood finished the presentation of his speech and an opportunity was created for […]
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has sacked the Director Establishment and Service Bureau in the office of the state Head of Service over alleged swindling of funds. Mohammed disclosed this during his one-year anniversary media chart on Saturday in Bauchi. READ ALSO: Why President Buhari reconstitutes NNPC Board He said the director (name withheld) […]
The Projects Site engineer with the Bauchi state Universal Basic Education Board (SUBED), Bello has revealed that Governor Bala Mohammed has constructed new 270 primary/junior secondary school classrooms and renovated 405 others across 20 local government areas of the state. Bello, who stated this on Tuesday, while inspecting projects executed by the present government in […]
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state on Tuesday promised better days for the people of the state as he commenced a three-day inspection of projects across the state in preparation to mark his one year in office. Commissioner for information, Alhaji Garba Dahiru gave the hint while addressing journalists at one of the completed road […]
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has attributed the inability of his administration to conduct the local government election as promised, to the coronavirus pandemic. Bala stated this on Sunday during the swearing-in ceremony of four caretaker committee chairmen of Darazo, Kirfi, Tafawa Balewa and Ningi Local Government Areas of the state. He said his […]
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has approved the payment of May salary to civil servants in the state ahead of the Ed-el Fitr celebration. A press release from the office of the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the governor, Comrade Muktar Gidado said, already, the state accountant general had been directed to ensure […]